diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 36071c937e..478d7349c1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ m4_define([year_version], [2017])
 m4_define([release_version], [15])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
-is_release_build=no
+is_release_build=yes
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([buildutil])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
index 582e8c92f2..5ab4b99c7c 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-devel.sym
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@
 ***/
 
 /* Add new symbols here.  Release commits should copy this section into -released.sym. */
-
-LIBOSTREE_2017.15 {
-  ostree_repo_fsck_object;
-  ostree_repo_mark_commit_partial;
-  ostree_break_hardlink;
-} LIBOSTREE_2017.14;
+LIBOSTREE_2017.16 {
+} LIBOSTREE_2017.15;
 
 /* Stub section for the stable release *after* this development one; don't
  * edit this other than to update the last number.  This is just a copy/paste
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index e4d50895e9..b7d57853f6 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -445,6 +445,12 @@ global:
 LIBOSTREE_2017.14 {
 } LIBOSTREE_2017.13;
 
+LIBOSTREE_2017.15 {
+  ostree_repo_fsck_object;
+  ostree_repo_mark_commit_partial;
+  ostree_break_hardlink;
+} LIBOSTREE_2017.14;
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index 6e71e2dd3f..51137d6c2e 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-1e2c6b529bc2d940ff8969eaf0377d78d472d41ec2a2fc96e1c79efd7b95d241  ${released_syms}
+3dbe0aa610c7229050f4a651fd18893742f8a24c34f3e25bf807ff98fbfc7f72  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt